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India have bagged a rich haul of 24 medals at the Jordan Junior and Cadet Open table tennis tournament. The tally includes seven Gold, seven Silver and 10 Bronze medals. In the event held at Amman, India ended as the second best finishers. In the cadet singles final, Payas Jain had to be satisfied with … Read more

A three-member Indian women’s archery team comprising Deepika Kumari, Bombayla Devi and Laxmirani Majhi was named for the Rio Olympics after a series of selection trials in the last three months. The women’s trio will compete in the individual events as well as team event at the Rio Games in August. India’s women archers earned … Read more

Mahendra Singh Dhoni surprised cricketing world with his sudden announcement of retirement from Test cricket. Cricketers from across the world reacted with surprise and lavished praise on Dhoni’s decision to call it quit from the longer format. Teammates, friends and critics poured their hearts out on social media praising his decision. Expressing views on Twitter, … Read more

India successfully launched its third navigational satellite IRNSS 1C on board ISRO’s PSLV C26 rocket from Sriharikota. The XL version of PSLV took off from the first launch pad of the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at 1.32 AM early this morning after a 67-hour countdown that commenced on Monday morning. 20 minutes after the launch, … Read more

Twenty four students from an engineering college in Hyderabad are washed away in the Beas river near Mandi in Himachal Pradesh. Six of them are girls. The incident occurred at around 6.30 pm on Sunday when the students, who were on their way to the resort town of Manali for an excursion, were clicking pictures … Read more

The Government of India has decided to constitute a Special Investigation Team, SIT, to unearth black money stashed in banks in the foreign countries. Briefing media after first Cabinet meeting by the new government, the Law and Communication Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the team will be headed by former Supreme Court Judge M.B.Shah … Read more

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 has entered its most intensive phase yet as dozens of planes and ships continue to scour the southern Indian Ocean. A multinational team is desperately trying to find debris floating in the water or faint sound signals from the recorders that could lead them to the aircraft … Read more

Hockey will no longer be a game of two halves at the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, with the sport announcing a change to a four-quarter format to broaden its appeal to broadcasters and fans. The International Hockey Federation, FIH said in a statement yesterday that four 15-minute quarters would replace the previous two 35-minute halves. … Read more

A study shows that, not only do most doctors who work for football teams in the top two German football leagues (Bundesliga 1 and 2) use homeopathic medicines & homeopathic remedies to keep their players healthy and fit – so does the German national football team. A study shows that the German national team places … Read more

As a preventive measure to stop polio virus from coming into India, all travelers from and to Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Syria, Kenya, Somalia, Nigeria and Pakistan would be required to take the Oral Polio Vaccine (OPV). All travelers coming from these countries to India would need to take OPV six weeks before departure from their country. … Read more